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Where do you plan to be for the next Texas eclipse in April 2024?  Join me with ICR just east of Dallas. Find out more at ICR.org/eclipse2024.

My best friend made a three minute video about his "roll-off observatory" in late summer 2020.  I recently rediscovered the footage, and immediately cut this video.  Please watch, like, subscribe, and share with other astronomers and clubs that were...

I've started selling some of my astronomy artwork online. Please take a look, comment, and buy your favorite. Thanks!

Out of the hundreds of tools for astronomers available, I find that I keep coming back to a handful of tools that I find most useful.  Some are free (with ads) and some pay.  Here are some of my...

The internet is replete with resources for astronomers and astrophotographers, and the local astronomy club is indispensable, especially for beginners.  That said, however dedicated you are to your craft, there may be times when you feel like you have...

Mars is a funny planet.  What you see is not what you get.  Most maps of Mars show the features of Mars as seen by NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars.  What most astronomers actually see from Earth is the albedo...

Photographing each planet has their own challenges.  I find it useful to divide the planets into three sets: Inner Planets (Venus and Mercury), Outer Bright Planets (Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn), and Outer Small Planets (Uranus and Neptune).  I've already...

SharpCap allows users to add Python scripts to setup and control captures and perform other functions.  I recently wrote a Python script to capture Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars.  Specifically for Mars, it prompts the user to manually select an...

Seeing is the scintillation of the sky that causes star to twinkle.  As wonderful as twinkling stars are, bad seeing causes astrophotos to be less sharp.  Here is a link to a webpage called StormSurfing.  If you live in...